Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1568?

28 of the people we track were surely alive in 1568. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year.

Born in 1568: Urban VIII.

  1. William Shakespeare4
  2. Galileo Galilei4
  3. Miguel de Cervantes19–23
  4. Francis Bacon7
  5. Elizabeth I of England35
  6. Akbar26
  7. Giordano Bruno20
  8. Michel de Montaigne35
  9. Mimar Sinan75–80
  10. Lope de Vega6
  11. Tycho Brahe22
  12. Francis Drake25–30
  13. Ivan the Terrible38
  14. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina43
  15. El Greco27
  16. Luís de Camões43–44
  17. Philip II of Spain41
  18. Titian75–80
  19. Teresa of Ávila53
  20. Mary, Queen of Scots26
  21. Henry IV of France15
  22. Christopher Marlowe2–6
  23. James VI and I2
  24. Gregory XIII66
  25. Torquato Tasso24
  26. Pieter Brueghel the Elder40–45
  27. Pius V64
  28. Urban VIIIborn